Bug 152179

Summary: Can't see section break in docx
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Georgios <georgios.mavropalias>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: jluth, miguelangelrv, stephane.guillou
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.4.2.3 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: docx

Description Georgios 2022-11-22 22:56:34 UTC 
Description:
There is a section break right after the table in the bottom of page 1 in this document

https://fhrifund.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/FHRI/Documents/Innovation-Fellowships-Rd-2-2022-23/Innovation-Fellowship-2022---Minimum-Data-Form.docx

I can't see it with LO Writer 7.4.2.3, but I can with MS Word. Is there a configuration or something I'm missing?

Actual Results:
Not be able to view the section break with LO Writer, but I can with MS Word

Expected Results:
To be able to view it


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
none
Comment 1 Georgios 2022-11-22 22:57:26 UTC 
Created attachment 183724 [details]
docx
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2022-11-22 23:29:46 UTC 
Please test the option
Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice Writer/Compatibility - Word compatible trailing blanks
can make some difference.
Comment 3 Georgios 2022-11-23 00:22:13 UTC 
That was already enabled in my options. Enabling/disabling it makes no difference, the section break is still not visible
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-11-23 03:45:00 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2022-12-03 23:40:12 UTC 
There is no "section break" per se in LibreOffice at the moment. My understanding is that the closest there is is a page break (which allows changing to a different page style).

Apart from a break that is expectedly named "section break", is there something else that is different in how LibreOffice displays the attached DOCX?

For now, I am marking this report as a duplicate of Bug 89297, which tracks improvements in supporting section breaks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 89297 ***
Comment 6 Justin L 2022-12-04 00:36:03 UTC 
This document is not using a continuous section break, so it isn't a duplicate. The section break is noted by the dashed-blue line between the pages. It indicates a page-break-with-new-page-style which is the LO version of a section break.
Comment 7 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2022-12-04 09:01:39 UTC 
Right, thank you Justin. I was missing the distinction between MSO's section break and *continuous* section break, and lumped them together.

The LO help pages don't mention "section breaks" at all at the moment.
Maybe this report can be turned into a documentation one, to clarify that a section break in MSO is a page break in LO?
Comment 8 Justin L 2022-12-05 17:20:40 UTC 
(In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #7)
> The LO help pages don't mention "section breaks" at all at the moment.
> Maybe this report can be turned into a documentation one, to clarify that a
> section break in MSO is a page break in LO?
Perhaps. At least a word search will get you to the right spot in the help manual.

There are three "section breaks" that I know of:
-continuous breaks (which aren't really a break at all, but just redefine parameters that may or may not take place immediately - headers/footers being the primary example that do not.) LO has nothing similar natively.
-column section breaks: LO has nothing similar natively, and basically doesn't know what to do with these. Thankfully they are extremely rare.
-page section breaks: LO handles these fine AFAIK. They are a page-break-with-new-page-style.